190 Brocade ICX 6650 Layer 3 Routing Configuration Guide
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Configuring OSPF
FIGURE 22 Defining OSPF virtual links within a network
Example
Figure 22 shows an OSPF area border router, DeviceA, t hat is cut off f rom the backbone ar ea (area
0). To provide backbone access to DeviceA, you can add a virtual link between DeviceA and
DeviceC using area 1 as a transit area. To configure the virtual link, you define the link on the
router that is at each end of th e link. No configuration for the virtual link is re quired on the routers
in the transit area.
To define the virtual link on DeviceA enter the following commands.
BrocadeA(config-ospf-router)#area 1 virtual-link 192.168.22.1
BrocadeA(config-ospf-router)#write memory
Enter the following commands to configure the virtual link on DeviceC.
BrocadeC(config-ospf-router)#area 1 virtual-link 10.0.0.1
BrocadeC(config-ospf-router)#write memory
Syntax: area ip-addr | num virtual-link router-id
[authentication-key | dead-interval | hello-interval | retransmit-interval | transmit-delay
value]
The area ip-addr | num parameter specifies the transit area.
The router-id parameter specifies the router ID of the OSPF router at the remote end of the virtual
link. To display the router ID on a Brocade Layer 3 Switch, enter the show ip command.
OSPF Area 0
OSPF Area 1
“transit area”
OSPF Area 2
Router ID 192.168.22.1
Router ID 10.0.0.1
DeviceC
DeviceB DeviceA